Cable-hanger.



J. J. WALSH. CABLE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED nov. 21, 1912.

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JOHN J. WALSH, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

CABLE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Application filed November 21, 1912. Serial No. 732,666.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN J. WALSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yonkers, county of Westchester, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Hangers, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cable hangers or clips for suspending atelephone, telegraph and like cable from a messenger wire or cable, andits chief object is to provide a hanger or clip which can be applied tothe messenger wire or cable without the use of a tool of any sort andwhich when applied will not only hold the suspended cable in place withcomplete security but will also be incapable of creeping or slidingalong the messenger wire.

To this and other ends the invention consists in the novel features ofconstruction and combinations of elements hereinafter described, andmore particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One form of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 shows my improved hanger-or clip in perspective, with itsparts separated. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the hanger or clipapplied to the messenger wire but with the cable-suspending ring open.Fig. 3 is a similar view, but showing the suspending ring closed. Fig. 4is a cross section, on a larger scale than that of Fig. 1, of the saddlewhich is seated on the messenger wire. Fig. 5 is a section on line 55 ofFig. 1, but on a larger scale.

In the form illustrated, my improved cable hanger comprises a saddleportion 10 and a ring portion 11, the two parts being separable asindicated in Fig. 1. The saddle portion is made of a rectangular pieceof heavy sheet metal bent to the proper shape, having depending sides12, 13, and laterally extending wings 14, 15. The sides are providedwith apertures in the form of longitudinal slots 16, 17 at about thepoints where the rings and sides are joined. One of the slots, as 16, iswider than the other, as shown in Fig. 1.

The hanger 11 is a divided or split ring with hooked ends made of astrip of sheet metal bent to ring shape, having an end 19 bent up atpractically a .right angle and the other end 20 bent at a sharper angle.

end 19 of the ring 11 is passed through both slots 17, 16, thus puttingthe parts in the position shown in Fig. 2. The ring is now compressed tobring the hooked end 20 into engagement with the slot 16, as in Fig. 3.This looks the ring to the saddle, since the ring is under tensiontending to force the hook 20 into the slot instead of out of it. Whereit is desired to hang the cable by putting a number of hangers on themessenger wire and then drawing the cable through the hangers insuccession it is important that the hangers grip the wire tightly enoughto prevent sliding thereon as otherwise they would bunch together whenthe cable is drawn through. To accomplish the desired result with myhanger in the form illustrated, the saddle 10 is provided with one ormore lugs, as 22, stamped down from the top of the saddle. This lugseats into the angular space between the uppermost strands of themessenger wire-21. Since the hanger ring abuts against the bottom of thetwisted messenger cable it is evident that by reason of the lug thehanger cannot move along the messenger cable unless either the latterrotates or the hanger itself revolves about the axis of the messengercable. As neither of these contingencies can happen in practice it isseen that the lug effectually prevents movement, or at most permits onlya limited movement, of the hanger along the messenger cable.

In putting up hangers with a tool, as is the usual practice, to bend orcrimp a part or parts of the hanger, it frequently happens that therather sharp bending to which a part of the device is necessarilysubjected causes the galvanizing to crack, chip 01f, or otherwise bedamaged, with the result that the iron or steel hanger rapidlydeteriorates by reason of the inevitable rust or corrosion. With myhanger, however, there is no such bending of any part as would result ininjury to the galvanizing, and consequently thedlife of the hanger ismarkedly lengthene It is to be understood that the invention is notlimited to the specific device illustrated but can be embodied in otherforms Without departure from its proper spirit and scope as defined bythe following claims.

I claim:

1. A cable hanger comprising, in combination, a saddle adapted to beseated on a messenger Wire and having depending apertured sides, and aring having a hooked end pass ing through the apertures in both saidsides underneath the messenger wire, and another hooked end adapted tolook into the aperture in one of said sides.

2. A cable hanger comprising, in combination, a saddle adapted to beseated on a 1nessenger wire and having depending apertured sides andprovided with means to engage the messenger wire and oppose sliding onsaid wire, and a ring having a hooked end adapted to pass through theapertures in both sides underneath the messenger wire.

3. A cable hanger comprising in combination, a saddle adapted to beseated on a messenger wire and having depending apertured sides, and asplit ring having a hooked end adapted to pass through both aperturesunderneath the messenger wire and a hooked end adapted to engage anaperture underneath the other hooked end.

4. A cable hanger comprising in combination, a saddle adapted to beseated on a messenger wire and having depending apertured sides providedwith laterally extending wings; and a split ring, having a hooked endadapted to pass above one of the wings and through both aperturesunderneath the messenger Wire, and a hooked end adapted to engage anaperture underneath the other hooked end.

5. A cable hanger comprising, in combination, a sheet-metal saddle ofelongated form adapted to be seated on a messenger Wire and havingdepending sides provided With longitudinal slots; and a split ring ofsheet metal having hooked ends, one adapted to pass through both slotsunderneath the messenger wire, and the other adapted to engage a slotunder the first hooked end.

6. A cable hanger comprising, in combination, a saddle adapted to beseated on a messenger wire, having depending apertured sides andprovided with means to oppose sliding on the messenger wire, and a splitring having hooked ends, one adapted to pass through both apertures inthe sides of the saddle and to underlie the messenger Wire, and theother adapted to engage an aperture under the first hooked end.

7 In a cable hanger, a sheet-metal saddle adapted to be seated on amessenger wire and having depending apertured sides, and provided with alug to engage the messenger wire to oppose slipping thereon.

8. In a cable hanger, a saddle shaped to be seated on a messenger wireand having depending apertured sides to receive a cablesupporting ring,and having a lug depending from the top to engage the messenger wire tooppose slipping thereon.

In' testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOHN J. WALSH.

Witnesses:

S. S. DUNHAM, M. LAWsoN DYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

